General duties includes: Makes dimensional, electrical, mechanical, chemical, and physical (both destructive and non-destructive) inspection of a diversified line of products and components for conformity to size, mechanical performance, appearance, physical properties, acceptable standards of performance, and adherence to procedures. Involves inspection where minimum or no procedures are provided and little, if any, gaging is prescribed.

May be required to assist, devise, and oversee the application of inspection setups, gaging devices, and procedures and advise on status of product or production. Initiates product audits to determine conformance to Badger Meter Inc. customer requirements. May assist in the development of audit plans.

Requires the ability to work with others and communicate effectively for the purpose of maintaining continuity and awareness. Requires thorough knowledge of all inspection techniques, gages, and procedures, including the ability to do surface plate setup working with offset planes and centerline orientation. Requires the ability to measure parts using CMM software, collect and summarize data using Word or Excel and use computer systems on a daily basis.

Requires the ability to select and set gages. Must be competent in use and interpretation of conventional engineering drawings, GD&T, development of dimensions not shown on assembly drawings, and have the ability to document results of activities. Assists in the identification of defect causes and may participate in or recommend corrective actions.

Responsible for observing safe work habits and maintaining cleanliness of work area. Work direction is given by supervision, team leaders, or set up technicians. Possesses good communication skills and is able to work in a team environment.

Work subject to process and final inspection in accordance with Badger Meter’s quality management system. May be assigned to work in other departments or perform other duties as instructed by management. Badger Meter is an equal opportunity employer.

This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Applicants can learn more about their rights regarding equal opportunity in employment by viewing the federal "EEO is the Law" poster and the “EEO is the Law” poster supplement at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm

Lead Sterile Processing Technician - Sterile Processing

Providence is calling a Lead Sterile Processing Technician (Sterile Processing, Day Shift, 0.90 FTE) to Providence Valdez Medical in Valdez, Alaska. We are a community of caregivers delivering every day on our Mission to provide compassionate care that is accessible for all - especially those who are poor and vulnerable.

In this position you will:

Direct the work flow of SPD Technicians on designated shift in order to meet the needs of SPD's customers.

Make work assignments that are fair and equitable and in a manner that promotes staff learning and development.

Monitor staff productivity on assigned shift.

Anticipate and understand the needs of SPD's customers and prioritize work flow to ensure those needs are met.

Ensure that instrumentation is available in a timely manner through collaboration with Operating Room Team Leaders, OR Case Expeditor and the Clinical Staff and Leaders in the departments served by SPD.

Understand current sterilization standards (ANSI/AAMI) and monitor activities on designated shift to ensure that standards are being met.

An equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individual's race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected category recognized by state, federal or local laws. We only hire individuals authorized for employment in the United States.

Perform their duties before and after slaughter, guaranteeing that the product is not contaminated.

Maintain sanitation procedures.

Are a valued member of a dynamic team that ensures the product is fit to eat and compliant with Federal laws.

Travel Required

Not required

Supervisory status

No

Promotion Potential7

Job family (Series)1863 Food Inspection

Requirements

HelpRequirements Conditions of Employment

U.S. Citizenship required.

Successful completion of a pre-employment medical examination.

Selectee must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance. If selected you may be subject to a National Agency Check and Inquiry (NACI).

Selectee may be subject to satisfactory completion of a one year probationary or trial period.

Must be at least 16 years of age.

Be available for on-call work as needed.

Be available for all shifts and able to report for duty within 1 hour after receiving a request (by phone).

Provide coverage for in-plant positions within a specified geographic area or plant.

The number of hours you may work is limited to 1,280 hours in a service year.

This position is an Excepted Service appointment and doesn't provide benefits.

Qualifications

The duties of a Food Inspector are performed in a hazardous working environment. To experience what it's like to work in a slaughter plant as a Food Inspector, please click here. For additional information about training, please click here. The below requirements are not an all-inclusive list.

Applicants must:

Be physically and mentally able to efficiently perform the job functions, without hazard to themselves and others.

Have full range of motion to perform rapid repetitive twisting and working with arms above shoulder level.

Be able to stand and walk on slippery and uneven floors and catwalks, and climbing stairs and ladders.

Be able to lift, carry, push and pull up to 30 pounds, with occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds.

Have manual dexterity of the upper body, including arms, hands, and fingers with a normal sense of touch in both hands.

Must have good near and distance vision, be free of chronic eye disease and have correctable vision of at least 20/30 in one eye.

Have the ability to distinguish shades of color. Any significant degree of color blindness (25 percent or more error rate on approved color plate test) may be disqualifying.

Individuals with some hearing loss and/or requiring hearing amplification will be assessed on a case by case basis.

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including the following specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.

For the GS-5 level: Applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience that was obtained after your 16th birthday. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the applicant's knowledge, judgment, interpretive ability, and technical skill associated with the production of a finished product which meets all prescribed standards of quality and confirms with approved production methods. Such experience may have been gained in the following:

Experience in a slaughter or processing plant, or a comparable manufacturing or production activity which prepares food for human consumption. This experience must demonstrate skills in sorting good from bad; applying, interpreting, and explaining standards, making decisions, and communicating with others.

Experience as a meat cutter/butcher in a wholesale or retail meat/poultry business, provided a full range of responsible duties are performed such as cutting or butchering, sanitation, dealing with customers, meeting customer standards, use of judgment, interpretation or various requirements, and sorting acceptable from unacceptable.

Performing Quality Control tests and/or laboratory tests in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical or pet food industry or other similar environments, assuring that standards are met with products that are consumed by humans or animals. An example of qualifying experience may be a Veterinary Technician conducting lab tests, assessing animals and/or partial examination of animals, performing necropsies, monitoring animals under anesthesia and administering medications.

Supervisory responsibilities in the food or livestock industry, which demonstrates the applicant applied and has effective skills in communicating job requirements, evaluating results of work methods or processes, applying instructions, and interpreting standards or regulations. Responsibility for management or supervision of a full scale commercial or industrial livestock or poultry enterprise.

Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree in an accredited college or university that included at least 12 semester hours in biological, physical, mathematical, or agricultural sciences. If you are qualifying based on education, you must submit a copy of your transcripts when you apply; failure to do so will result in an ineligible rating. If you are selected for a position, official transcripts must be sent directly from your college, in paper form in a sealed envelope or in a secure, certified official electronic format to our Minneapolis Human Resource Operations Division prior to reporting for duty.

Note: Education is not creditable for positions above the GS-5 level.

For the GS-7 level: For positions above GS-5, applicants must have demonstrated one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression in the organization in which the position is being filled.

Specialized experience is regulatory food inspection work which involved either ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection of red meat animals, poultry, fish, or seafood; or inspection of production of processed products involving red meat, poultry, fish, seafood, or egg products.

This experience must have demonstrated:

Knowledge of general sanitation practices, laws, and regulations governing the food industry.

Knowledge of Federal laws and regulations pertaining to fitness of red meat animals, poultry, fish, or seafood for human consumption; or knowledge of Federal laws and regulations applicable to the processing of red meat, poultry, fish, seafood, or egg products; and

Ability to communicate effectively with supervisors and workers in the food industry.

The resume you provide must demonstrate the required experience as referenced in the announcement or you will be rated as ineligible for GS-7.

For more information on the qualifications for this position, click here.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

GS-9 (SJ-519a) Perform the full range of duties associated with verifying plant HACCP and SSOP plans, sampling, and related activities regarding a multitude of commercial operations and facilities.

GS-10 (519) Work in a relief capacity in plants of all types, and often incorporating a district's entire geographic area. Address a variety of problems/issues for which there may be several possible courses of action.

Must be a current FSIS employee or USDA Career Transition and Assistance Eligible (CTAP).

Must meet Time-In Grade (TIG) by completing 52 weeks at next lower grade.

Must submit a resume documenting 52 weeks of specialized experience.

Training as a condition of employment (TCOE) is required. You must begin the training within 90 days of the effective date of your selection, and you must successfully complete it within 12 months of the effective date of your selection.

Selectee must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance. If selected you may be subject to a National Agency Check and Inquiry (NACI).

Selectee may be subject to satisfactory completion of one year probationary or trial period.

U.S. Citizenship required.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements within 30 days after the closing date of the announcement, including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.

Time-In-Grade/Time-In-Band: Applicants must meet requirements for one year at the next lower grade to be considered for the next higher grade. (e.g. one year at the GS-08 grade level for consideration for the GS-09 grade level.)

Specialized experience:

(CSI GS-9) Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent at least to the to the GS-08 level). There is no education substitution for this grade level.

(CSI GS-10) Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent at least to the to the GS-09 level). There is no education substitution for this grade level.

Specialized experience includes: working with the Federal Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection Acts in order to inspect meat, poultry and egg products; working with basic SSOP and HACCP principles and practices in order to verify plant HACCP and SSOP responsibilities; performing basic mathematics and elementary statistical concepts and methods to perform testing and sampling procedures; and experience in reaching and interpreting conclusions.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

GS-9 (SJ-519a) Perform the full range of duties associated with verifying plant HACCP and SSOP plans, sampling, and related activities regarding a multitude of commercial operations and facilities.

GS-10 (519) Work in a relief capacity in plants of all types, and often incorporating a district's entire geographic area. Address a variety of problems/issues for which there may be several possible courses of action.

Must be a current FSIS employee or USDA Career Transition and Assistance Eligible (CTAP).

Must meet Time-In Grade (TIG) by completing 52 weeks at next lower grade.

Must submit a resume documenting 52 weeks of specialized experience.

Training as a condition of employment (TCOE) is required. You must begin the training within 90 days of the effective date of your selection, and you must successfully complete it within 12 months of the effective date of your selection.

Selectee must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance. If selected you may be subject to a National Agency Check and Inquiry (NACI).

Selectee may be subject to satisfactory completion of one year probationary or trial period.

U.S. Citizenship required.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements within 30 days after the closing date of the announcement, including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.

Time-In-Grade/Time-In-Band: Applicants must meet requirements for one year at the next lower grade to be considered for the next higher grade. (e.g. one year at the GS-08 grade level for consideration for the GS-09 grade level.)

Specialized experience:

(CSI GS-9) Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent at least to the to the GS-08 level). There is no education substitution for this grade level.

(CSI GS-10) Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent at least to the to the GS-09 level). There is no education substitution for this grade level.

Specialized experience includes: working with the Federal Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection Acts in order to inspect meat, poultry and egg products; working with basic SSOP and HACCP principles and practices in order to verify plant HACCP and SSOP responsibilities; performing basic mathematics and elementary statistical concepts and methods to perform testing and sampling procedures; and experience in reaching and interpreting conclusions.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Operate and inspect machines or equipment to diagnose defects, dismantles and reassembles equipment, using hoists and hand tools, examines parts for damage or excessive wear, using micrometers and gauges, replaces defective engines and subassemblies, such as transmissions, and test overhauled equipment to insure operating efficiency.

Weld broken parts and structural members, may direct workers engaged in cleaning parts and assisting with assembly and disassembly of equipment, and may repair, adjust and maintain mining machinery, such as stripping and loading shovels, drilling and cutting machines, and continuous mining machines.

Lift on an occasional basis a maximum of 70 pounds with frequent or constant lifting of 40 pounds.

Must be able to climb in and out of military vehicles and related equipment.

Must be able to stand for at least two continuous hours.

Must have a minimum of 3 years relevant experience.

Must be able to work in cramped areas for at least two continuous hours.

Must be able to work in all types of weather conditions to include intense heat, heavy wind, blowing sand, heavy rain, and snow and sleet.

Must have a high school diploma or equivalent.

Must be a U.S. citizen.

Eligible for and be able to obtain a U.S. Government motor vehicle operator's permit for assigned class of vehicle.

A good working knowledge of heavy equipment maintenance programs, policies, nomenclature, work methods, manuals, or other established guidelines.

An understanding of the needs of the organization serviced.

Analytical ability to define or recognize the dimension of the problems involved, to collect the necessary data to establish the facts, and take or recommend action based upon application or interpretation of established guidelines.

Work Environment

Must be able to work in all types of weather conditions to include intense heat, heavy wind, blowing sand, heavy rain, snow, and sleet.

Technica is an Equal Opportunity Employer and VEVRAA Federal ContractorTechnica recognizes the value of diversity in our workplace and is committed to equal opportunity. Technica provides fair and equal employment opportunity for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, sexual preference, partnership status, gender identity, disability, genetic information, and protected veteran status, status of participation in the U.S. Armed Services, or other status protected by federal, state or local law. Technica hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled. Technica reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and employees. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.Technica encourages women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and members or veterans of the U.S. Armed Services to apply.BenefitsTechnica offers paid time off, health, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance benefits, and 401(k) options to all full-time employees. This position description is subject to change at any time. Only persons submitting applications through Technica’s on-line application process will be considered for employment.

Outside Sales Payment Processing

Platinum Choice Bancard is a leader in the Merchant Services Industry. We are proud of our partnerships allowing us to place any Merchant in need including High Risk. We offer FREE Point of Sale Equipment as well as several free specialty terminals all with no penalty to you. E-sign is available for your merchant applications making your sales process seamless. Platinum Choice Bancard takes a different approach in customer care by analyzing a merchant’s entire situation, rather than just how much we can save them. We believe in a package that will benefit the customer based on the customer’s individual situation. Most companies pay thousands of dollars for what we provide to our Customers for FREE. We are seeking highly qualified Outside Sales Representatives and Managers to fuel our continued growth.

Outside Sales Payment Processing

Platinum Choice Bancard is a leader in the Merchant Services Industry. We are proud of our partnerships allowing us to place any Merchant in need including High Risk. We offer FREE Point of Sale Equipment as well as several free specialty terminals all with no penalty to you. E-sign is available for your merchant applications making your sales process seamless. Platinum Choice Bancard takes a different approach in customer care by analyzing a merchant’s entire situation, rather than just how much we can save them. We believe in a package that will benefit the customer based on the customer’s individual situation. Most companies pay thousands of dollars for what we provide to our Customers for FREE. We are seeking highly qualified Outside Sales Representatives and Managers to fuel our continued growth.